Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (pronounce /skɔrˈsɛsi/ in English and IPA: [luˈtʃaːno skoɾˈseːze] in Italian; born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, producer and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of the Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the prevention of the decaying of motion picture film stock.